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Patented Mar. 30

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NiTn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES A. HOTCHKISS, OF BRIDGEIORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO IVFS,BLAKESLEE & CO., OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION formlng part of Letters Patent No. 339,101, dated March30, 1886.

Application filed January 14, 1886. Serial No. 188.526. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, GHARLns A. Ho'roHKIss. of Bridgeport, in the countyof Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This improvement relates to toy dancers.

I will describe in detail a toy dancer embodying my improvement, andthen point out the novel features in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front View of a` toy dancerembodying the improvement, part of the outer covering or dress beingremoved. Fig. 2is a side view of the same, the outer covering or dressbeing partly removed. Fig. 3 isa side view ofatoy ofmodiied formembodying the improvement., the outer covering or dress being brokenaway.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

In Figs. l and 2, A designates a train of wheel-work, which may be ofany suitable kind. It is operated by a spring. a. lt is made of suchdimensions that it will fit. in a case, B, forming the body of thedancer. This case may advantageously' be made of sheet metal. The headof the dancer may be made ofcast metal. Itis fastened in an appropriatemanner to the case B. lhetrain of wheelwork comprises a shaft, a, whichhas a crank, a2, on the front end. Hung on the crank a is a rod, a3,which at the lower end has a bifurcated portion, c". The ends ofthisbifurcated portion bend back ard as they extend downward to a pointabout midway between the front and back of the train of wheelwork.

They have the thighsections C of the dancers therefore also vibrates thejaw. iion of the rod a3 with the jaw-lever D is advantageous, because itprevents the rod, and consequently the bifurcated portion a, from havingan excessive motion sidewise imparted to them by the revolution of thecrank. Preferably the train of wheel-work will comprise a fly-wheel, a5,for carrying the crank over dead-centers.

Any desired style of human being may be represented by the dancers. Manyother living creatures may be depicted, if desirable. The dancer mayhave any preferred style of outer covering or dress, E. A cord, G,fastened to the head of the dancer, affords provision for suspending thedancer with the feet in close proximity to a table or like article. Themovements of dancing will then be simulated. lf the dancer be suspendedin air or laid down on a support, it will have a very grotesque aspect.

The toy shown in Fig. 3 is -like the one shown in the other figures,except that it has two separate cranks, d2, and two rods, a3, suspendedtherefrom. Ithas,also,anotl1er crank, a, which is connected by a rod,a7, to the jawlever D. i

hat is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, isM

1. A peudulous figure having, in combination, a train ofwheel-workoperated by a prime mover, a crank operated by said wheel-\vork, a rodconnected to said crank, and legs hanging from the rod and deriving anup-anddown motion therefrom, said legs having no other support from thebody, substantially as speci tied.

2. A pcndulous figure having, in combination, a train of wheel-workoperated by a prime mover, a crank operated by said wheel-work, a rodconnected to said crank, a `]aw-lever connected to said rod, and legshanging from the rod, both the jaw and legs deriving motion from saidrod, substantially as specified.

CHARLES A. HOTCHKISS.

YVitnesses:

DWIGHT H. TERRY, Gao. W. KEELER.

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